David Thomas Kc Email & Phone Number

David Thomas KC is a hugely experienced advocate.“Cross-examination skills second to none”“Extremely hard-working, calm, bright, excellent with clients.”“He can master complex briefs and articulate arguments speedily and efficiently”“The doyen of the arbitration world”“A very modern silk”are a few of the quotes in Chambers UK, Chambers Global, the Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal where David has been consistently recommended as a leader in his fields. David has also been nominated for Construction Silk of the Year in 2013 and 2017 at the Chambers and Partners Bar Awards.David is known for his forceful advocacy, incisive cross-examination skills, commercial awareness, and the clarity and practicality of his advice. He has been instructed in some of the biggest and highest profile cases in the world including the Shard, Wembley Stadium, the Olympic Stadium and the Burj Khalifa.A large part of David’s practice arises from GCC countries, Africa and Asia. Recent international arbitrations have concerned a coal-fired power station in South Africa, a major road project in Tanzania, iconic developments and infrastructure in the Middle East, on shore and off shore oil and gas facilities, the construction of a hydroelectric power station in Vietnam, and DIFC cases related to “The World” and “The Palm”. In the UK, he is a regular Court of Appeal advocate and frequently appears before the Technology and Construction Court on high profile matters. He frequently deals with highly technical issues which have ranged from soil mechanics, to the behaviour of powders in hoppers, stresses in steel members, lead contamination of water, the properties of concrete and turbine performance. David has also provided longterm advisory work in relation to landmark developments around the world.

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  Wadham College Oxford

  Jurisprudence